{"id":604089,"date":"2026-04-14T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:52:08","slug":"ovechkin-visits-blue-jackets-morning-skate-before-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604089\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovechkin visits Blue Jackets morning skate before finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ovechkin is seen wearing his iconic \u201cWell, I\u2019m not Michael Jordan\u201d red hoodie.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Capitals and Blue Jackets have been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention, meaning Tuesday\u2019s matchup will be the season finale for both clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the speculation that the 2025-26 season marks Ovechkin\u2019s final run, the NHL\u2019s all-time leading scorer has made clear that he has yet to decide on his future. That will come during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about what\u2019s happening in a week or tomorrow,&#8221; Ovechkin said about Tuesday\u2019s matchup. &#8220;We just have to concentrate on this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the Capitals\u2019 3-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, fans at Capital One Arena showered Ovechkin with chants of, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/washington-capitals-alex-ovechkin-to-make-decision-on-nhl-future-after-season-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cOne more year,\u201d<\/a> to which Ovechkin responded, \u201cI will think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NHL.com senior writer Tom Gulitti contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ovechkin is seen wearing his iconic \u201cWell, I\u2019m not Michael Jordan\u201d red hoodie. Both the Capitals and Blue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-604089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}